Work & commute · Bayfield

Work & commute in Bayfield, CO

Most working residents leave Bayfield for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Durango (37%), Denver (2%) and Grand Junction (2%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

235 of 1,307 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,072 Bayfield residents head out of town to work, 235 work right here, and 928 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bayfield.

1,072live here, work elsewhere

235live and work here

928work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bayfield goes to work

Durango15.6 mi away

37%484

Bayfield (in town)right here

18%235

Denver228 mi away

2%29

Grand Junction138.6 mi away

2%23

Farmington, NM46.4 mi away

2%23

Ignacio8.4 mi away

1%19

Cortez54.6 mi away

1%15

Montrose86.5 mi away

1%13

Pagosa Springs32.5 mi away

1%12

Colorado Springs191 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%446

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bayfield commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

30%

45%

19%

30%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bayfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bayfield are

1,163 jobs are based in Bayfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bayfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bayfield

1,163 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Bayfield residents hold

1,307 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+117%

Jobs based in Bayfield, 2013 → 2023: 537 → 1,163. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.